These seven annual Holy Days show us God's plan and schedule here on earth. All these days are prophetic and point to Jesus Christ.

FEASTS OF THE LORD (Leviticus 23rd chapter)
 
Leviticus 23:4 " These are the feasts of the Lord ......"  Please note very carefully that these are the feasts of the Lord. So they don't belong to any particular race or man made religion - they belong to God.

1.Passover (Leviticus 23:5)
2.Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6-8)
3.Pentecost (Leviticus 23:15-16 , 21), also called Feast of First Fruits (Exodus 23:16)
4.Feast of Trumpets (Leviticus 23:24-25)
5.Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:27-32)
6.Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:34-35)
7.Last Great Day (Leviticus 23:36) 

Christ's message to Smyrna era - Rev. 2: 8-11

Christ's message to Pergamos era Rev. 2: 12-17

Christ's message to Thyatira era Revelation 2: 18-26 

Christ's message to Sardis era - Revelation 3: 1- 5 

Christ's message to Philadelphia era Rev. 3: 7-12

Christ's message to Laodicia era Rev. 3: 14 - 21

We are in the Last Days so are in the last phases of God's true New Testament Church. A remnant of the Sardis Era may still be with us, but we are definitely into the last two phases of God's Church. The Philadelphia and Laodicea are contemporaries. The Philadelphia Phase has tried to obey God and is accounted worthy to be protected during the time of the world government by the Beast, they are persecuted, and are taken to a Place of Safety where they are protected from Satan and the World Government in the wilderness for 3 ½ years. The Laodicea phase is spiritually miserable, wretched, poor, blind and naked, and is a reflection of the incredibly wicked and dangerous times we live in here in these corrupt Last Days. 

The following parts of God's schedule are still very much into the future:

Feast of Trumpets - still in the future as of 2013

Christ has still not returned, and the Feast of Trumpets points to His return. Christ has still not locked up the Devil, and the Day of Atonement points to that. Christ has still not ruled the earth for a 1,000 years in the Millennium, which the Feast of Tabernacles points to, and the Judgment has not yet happened, which the Last Great Day points to. So we are not even half way through God's schedule here on earth. 

1. The Temple in Jerusalem must be rebuilt on the Temple Mount.
2. God's true Church of God has to rebuilt in these corrupt end times.
3. A Place of Safety has to be prepared for the Philadelphia phase of God's True Church of God, so they can survive during the time of the coming world government by the Beast, and not take the Mark of the Beast. 
4. Preparations need to be made to preach the Gospel to the whole world, by the Two Witnesses, so an organization and infrastructure needs to be build to facilitate the preaching of the Gospel to the whole world. 
5. The lies and false doctrines of this world's false religions and false churches needs to be exposed. 
6. An educational program needs to be put in place to educate people on the coming great changes. 
7. There are many, many more things that need to be done to prepare the way for the Return of Christ. I will be dealing with these matters on this new web site I will setting up in the next few weeks or months. Expect to see something by at least July 2013. Well it has been done a little earlier than expected, but the site is by no means complete please go to the following site http://035e3bf.netsolhost.com/

 Sabbath Lesson May 18, 2013 or  Sivan 9, 2013

Today's lesson has to do with repentance and the need of God's true servants to always have a repentant attitude.

Luke 13: 1-5  "  There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they  suffered  such  things?   I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.  Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?   I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.  " 

Jesus Christ did not teach that all we need to do to receive salvation is believe in Him, as so many professing Christian churches teach today. Jesus Christ taught that we need to repent of our sins. 

Mark 1: 14-15  " Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,  And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.  " 

Repentance and the need to preach repentance is part of the Gospel Commission Christ gave the church. 

Luke 24: 46-48  " And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.  Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,  And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.  And ye are witnesses of these things. "  

Oh my, oh my, here are those words about repentance once again and this is coming straight from Jesus Christ Himself.  If Christ says we need to " repent or perish "  -  then why do so many teach the lie that all we need to do to be saved is believe in Jesus ? Many people have believed these lies and false doctrines, and genuinely feel that all they need do for salvation is believe in Jesus. 

They do not understand that faith without works is dead. 

James 2: 19-20  "  Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.  But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead.   " 

James 2:21-26  "  Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?  Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ?  And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.  Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way ?  For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. " 

In the book of Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 you will read Christ's message to the seven different phases of the true Church of God throughout the ages. Jesus points out clearly the need for these people to repent of their sins. 

Revelation 2: 1  "  Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write;

Revelation 2: 5  " Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Revelation 2: 12  " And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write;

Revelation 2: 14  "  But I have a few things against thee,

Revelation 2: 16  " Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.  

Revelation 2: 18  "  And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; 

Revelation 2: 20 -22 " Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.  And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. " 

Revelation 3: 1  " And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; 

Revelation 3: 2-3  " Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. " 

Revelation 3: 14  "  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;

Revelation 3: 15-20  "  I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Repentance is essential for salvation. True Christians must have a repentant attitude, and be willing to admit mistakes and sins. This is because none of us is perfect and we need to grow up spiritually. 

Acts 2: 37-38  "  Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do ?  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. " 

In my Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible - you will find the word  " repent  "  around 22 times in the New Testament, and the word  repentance is found about  25 times. 

Luke 15:10   "  Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. " 

And what is sin ? 

1 John 3:4   " Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. " 

You can read my article on Commandments and Sins, which will give you a good idea of what we need to do and what we need to repent of.  Please go to Commandments and Sins. 

Also go to the article The Greatest Sin. 

Genuine servants of God are also required to repent of following their old sinful carnal natures into sin. So they are to repent of being motivated by things like lust, greed, selfishness, hatred, and so on - go to  Colossians 3: 1-14  and Galatians 5 :19 - 26.

Romans 8: 13  " For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. " 

There is a procedure we need to follow for salvation and this is the following:

1. Repent - of our sins and of following our old carnal minds into sin.

2. Believe in Jesus Christ and believe the Gospel.

3. Be baptized.

4. The Laying on of hands.

5. Grow in grace and knowledge and produce fruits for God.

6. Overcome your sins - with Christ's help through faith.

7. Remain faithful to God the Father and God the Son forever, this is a commitment that lasts forever. Always put God first in your life now and forever. 

• Justified by his blood (Hebrews 10:1-14)
• Forgiveness of our sins through His blood (Hebrews 9:1-28)
• Christ has purchased the Church with His blood.
• Christ the Lamb of God. We are redeemed by the blood of Christ.
• The Church is to rule with Christ when He returns to reign on the earth.
• We are to have faith in His blood.

1 Corinthians 1:29  "That no flesh should glory in his presence. We are saved through grace and this not of ourselves it is the gift of God. "

We are saved through faith. Faith in God and His promises. We are not saved by keeping the Ten Commandments. We are saved through Faith. However, the Law has not been done away. 

• We can't earn our salvation. It is a gift of God. The faith and grace is from God. All we do is to trust God and Christ to save us. We can't earn our salvation because all (except Christ) have sinned. 

• repent of our sins (Luke 13:3,5) (Mark 1:14-15) (Matthew 4:17) (Acts 2:37-38)
• repent of following the old carnal mind (Galatians 5:19) (Ephesians 5:1-17)
• symbolically crucify the old carnal nature on the Cross with Christ (Romans 6:6) (Galatians 2:20)
• walk in newness of life (2 Corinthians 5:17)

• if we disbelieve Christ we are really calling Him a liar.
• we prove our belief by doing what Christ says.
• believe the Gospel.
• believe that God's word is good - He will do what He has promised.

• total immersion.
• burial in a watery grave, a cleansing ritual.
• persons doing the baptism do it in the name of Christ.
• the ceremony itself does not save you, but is symbolic of what is going on in the heart - in the spirit.

• the person doing it is only doing it in the name of Jesus - it is actually Jesus who baptizes you
• only done after a person is thoroughly prepared.
• one baptism.
• a very important step that needs to be taken very seriously.
• we are to count the cost before we start.

Receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit

• laying on of hands.
• praying that the Holy Spirit might be given.

• Holy Spirit comes from God.
• a person is now a part of the body of Christ.
• no heavenly signs.
• a person feels clean.
• God is now our Father.

The time has come to start rebuilding the true Church of God in these corrupt end times. The time has come to build up the Philadelphia Phase of God's true Church. 

 Sabbath Lesson May 25, 2013 or  Sivan 16, 2013

Today's lesson will be very short folks, since I had a hard week, and am exhausted. 

We shall deal briefly with The Family and the positive environments versus the negative family environments. 

We all belong to a family. We all have a Father and Mother. We also have the potential to be born as spiritual beings into the Kingdom of God - and then shall be part of God's Family. 

There are many misconceptions regarding the human family. Various societies structure the family differently. For example there is the nuclear family and there is the large extended family, and on and on it goes. As long as how a society structures its families are not sinful - then there is a lot of flexibility regarding how the family can be structured. The key here is to insure the way it is structured does not violate the commandments and laws of God. 

God's laws concerning the family (from the Bible) transcend the way human societies structure their families. 

For example God's Laws do not approve of Gay Marriage of Gay families. God's laws do not approve of families where the Mother-in-law have authority or power over her daughter-in-law. God's laws do not condone spousal abuse. God's laws do not approve of the oppression of women within the family context. 

I will stop for now and refer you to my article on family environments - go to Family Matters.  

Sabbath Lesson June 1, 2013 or  Sivan 23, 2013

Today's lesson has to do with the Church. 

When people use the word " church "  it conjures up many different images and perceptions. It depends on how you use the word as to what you mean by the word  " church. " 

Here is the dictionary definition:

church (chûrch)

This article has to do specifically the true Holy Spirit led Church of God as described in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 and the seven different phases or eras of God's true Church specifically Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea - and how this contrasts with the false churches and false religions out there. You can also go to my article on The Church, and Church of God Doctrines and Heresy. 

God's annual Holy Days show us what God is doing here on earth and shows us the schedule God is following. We are currently in the Pentecostal phase of God's schedule. This means God is only working with His true Church at this time - these are the Firstfruits. The rest of the people are blinded and do not have their minds open to the truth and are not being called to salvation at this time. Only a Few are Being Called To Salvation at This Time. 

Most of humanity at this time in 2013 is blinded spiritually and cannot understand the truth. God has shut up their minds, so that they cannot understand. This is according to God's plan. They are blinded by the idolatry of Satan's world. They will be called to salvation and given their first and only opportunity for salvation when God's time comes for them to be called. 

Those being called to salvation now - are being given their one and only opportunity for salvation today. You cannot understand the Bible properly without God opening your mind through the power of the Holy Spirit. Otherwise the spiritual aspect of the Bible is closed.

God works through His Church. The true Church of God is joined to Jesus Christ and God the Father through the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the bonding element in God's Family and in the true Church of God. It is very important for those called to salvation to stay away from false churches and false religions and idolatry.  Please go to my articles Mystery Babylon and also False Christianity  and also the importance of staying away from Idolatry, since the true Living God is a Jealous God, who will not share our affections with idols, and who demands we put Him first in our lives forever. 

We are living in the end times. The time has now come to rebuild God's true church, and build up the Philadelphia Era of the Church of God. However, beware of counterfeits, and beware of idolatry. Make sure you keep focused on putting God first in your life, and following Church of God Doctrines.

Remember to follow Christ - He is the Good Shepherd. The true sheep do not follow strangers. 

Sabbath Lesson June 8, 2013 or  Sivan 30, 2013

The Many Positive Aspects of the Christian Faith 

There are so many positive aspects of genuine Christianity. It is impossible for all of them to be listed for you, but we can just make a short list of some of the major ones.

1. Salvation through Jesus Christ. Romans 6:23    We can be given the amazing and priceless gift of eternal life in God's Kingdom. Talk about positive stuff - this is it.

2. We can receive forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1-11 " Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. "

We can be cleansed of our sin, and cleansed of our guilt through Jesus Christ.

3. God through the Bible provides a guide to Christians for living.

2 Timothy 3:15-17 " And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. "

The Bible is complete the way it is. God talks to us and teaches us through the Bible. The Bible is the source of church doctrine, and God uses it to reprove and correct His servants. All very, very positive stuff.

4. God's laws are like a lamp on a very dark night.

Psalms 119:105 " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. "

Proverbs 6:23 " For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: "

And maybe you heard some nasty negative things about the supposedly mean old laws of God. When in reality the Bible teaches that God's laws as explained in the Bible are to be used as a guide to living, and helps us to know wrong from right and gives us direction.

Naturally not all of the law is still in effect, and there are gray areas of the law subject to individual interpretation.

5. Faith is a very powerful positive factor in genuine Christianity. Faith is a motivator and it can give you courage and strength to go on.

Hebrews 12:9-11 " Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. "

God is faithful to keep His promises. The Bible is full of promises God has made. All you need do is meet the conditions God requires of you - then you can claim the many promises in the Bible. And you can hold God to His promises, if you have done everything God has asked you to do (as conditions) for receiving the promises.

Hebrews 10:38 " Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. "

The just shall live by faith, and faith is such a very positive matter.

6. Love is a powerfully positive thing and there is so much about love in the Bible. How do we love others ? There are many different viewpoints. Here are some of the major ways to do this.

1 John 5:2-3 " By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. "

One way to show your love towards God and mankind is to keep the commandments. If you love someone, you won't want to steal what is theirs, you won't make up lies about them, you won't kill them, you won't be angry with them for no reason, you won't cheat them and so on.

Matthew 22: 35-40 " Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. "

The Bible teaches the importance of the extremely positive motivator of love, and very positive good feeling of love towards God and mankind - including yourself.

We are commanded to love our neighbours as ourselves. So we are supposed to love ourselves. 

We are worthy of self love.

There are many ways to love others.

7. We are to grow in character - righteous character, and work to overcome our faults, sins and weaknesses.

This is all very, very positive stuff. Growing in righteousness. Overcoming, with Christ's help, our faults and spiritual weaknesses.

Hebrews 12:9-11 " Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. "

God is the Father of Christians, and He is a loving Father who teaches and disciplines His children. The purpose of the chastisement is not to see us suffer, but to teach us the vital spiritual lessons we need to learn. God corrects and punishes us for our good.

We cannot do these things on our own. We need to trust and have faith in God and Jesus Christ. Alone by ourselves we cannot do all these things. But with God's help we can overcome, and we can grow in righteous character, and with God's help we can overcome our faults, and spiritual weaknesses. It is all done through faith. It is teamwork. God alone can't do this for us, we need to cooperate with God and Christ and do our share. It is teamwork.

Christ's message to the seven eras of God's true Church in Revelations points out the importance of the very positive matter of working to overcome and explains it perfectly. This can be found in Revelation Chapter 2 and 3. At the end of every message to the seven different eras of the true church Christ refers to the necessity of continuing to overcome right to the end. Continue the spiritual struggle. Don't give up spiritually. We may not overcome everything, but we are 

admonished to keep overcoming unto the end.

Christ's message to Ephesus era - Revelation 2: 7 ....to him that overcometh.....

Christ's message to the Smyrna era - Rev. 2: 11 .....He that overcometh ......

Christ's message to the Pergamos era -Rev. 2:17 ..... To him that overcometh...

Christ's message to the Thyatira era - Revelation 2:26...and he that overcometh...

Christ's message to the Sardis era - Revelation 3:5 ....He that overcometh.....

Christ's message to the Philadelphia era Rev. 3:12.....Him that overcometh.....

Christ's message to the Laodicia era Revelation 3:21....To him that overcometh...

Yes with God's help we shall overcome someday. 

The genuine Christian faith is an extremely positive, life affirming faith. 

Sabbath Lesson June 15, 2013  or  Tammuz 7, 2013  

Today's lesson has to do with the importance of obedience to God.

What has happened is that many false teachers and false churches have spread lies, and spread the false doctrine that the Law has been done away and all we need do for salvation is believe in Jesus and love one another. Too many have misinterpreted the Apostle Paul's teachings on salvation, and have therefore turned the grace of God into license to sin.

In fact I had a few years back some people e-mailed me and accused me of being a legalist, and one man actually claimed I was teaching a different Gospel and so was cursed for teaching the importance of obedience to God and His Commands. Well if I am cursed for teaching the importance for keeping the commandments then I have good company, since Christ Himself taught  the importance of keeping the commandments as explained in the Bible as did the Apostle Peter, Paul, James, John - just to name a few,  as well as all the Prophets including Moses. 

I have already explained this matter carefully concerning salvation and the Law before, but will do so again.  

It is very important to understand that we cannot earn our salvation through our own efforts to keep the law. Salvation is a free gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Only through Christ and our faith in Him, can we be saved from sin and death. This is because sin is the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4), and the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), and all except Christ have sinned (Hebrews 4:14-16) (2 Corinthians 5:21) (Romans 3:23) (Galatians 3:22) (1 John 1:7-10).

So all we earn through our own feeble efforts to gain salvation through our good works and our own righteousness of keeping the law is death, because we cannot keep the law perfectly - we make mistakes and we sin. And to make matters worse all human beings have inherited the death penalty, because of the sins and rebellion of our ancient ancestors Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:15-17 and 3:17-24) (Romans 5:12-21) (1 Corinthians 15:21). 

We cannot save ourselves on our own - that is why we need a Saviour and that person is Jesus Christ. He is our Living Mediator and Living High Priest in heaven - Christ is not dead He is very much alive. We are saved through faith, but that must be a living faith not a dead faith. We need to add to our faith works - that confirm our faith, because faith without works is dead (James 2:14-26). 

However the Apostle Paul never taught that the Law was done away, and we no longer need obey God. He just taught that we cannot gain salvation through the righteousness that comes from obedience to God's Laws, since none of us keep the Law perfectly. 

Before his conversion Saul thought he could earn salvation through the keeping of the Law strictly. After he came to know Jesus - he realized that his own efforts to gain salvation through his own righteousness (by keeping the Law as a Pharisee) was not good enough, and He needed Christ to wash away his sins.

So Paul really put a lot of emphasis in his writings on the fact we cannot earn our salvation through our own righteousness, which is through obedience to the Laws and Commands of God as explained in the Bible. This is because of his own background as a Pharisee, where he had been taught salvation was through obedience to the Law. That sort of righteousness is not good enough for God the Father for salvation. It is Christ's righteousness and our faith in Him that saves us, since we cannot earn our own salvation through our own works of righteousness, since we have sinned, and the wages of sin is death.

Paul never taught that God's laws were done away. He taught that the Law was holy, just and good.

God will Judge us on how well we have followed His instructions to us in the Bible. God expects us to work to overcome our sins. God demands we repent of our sins before we can be forgiven of them through Christ's blood. God demands and commands we forsake our idols, if we want to be His servant, since God will not play second fiddle to anything or anyone. 

First of all here are some hyper links to some of my other articles on the subject of sin and God's commands.  

Allow me now to list for you a few scriptures that show us the importance of staying away from sin and keeping the commandments.

Revelation 21:7-8   "  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. " 

Here are the same scriptures, but in the New Living Translation of the Bible.

Revelation 21:7-8  "  All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14   " Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.  " 

Deuteronomy 10: 12-13  " And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?  " 

James 2:17-20  " Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?  " 

Matthew 5: 17-19  "  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. " 

Matthew 19: 16-17  "  And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good?  there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. " 

Romans 3: 31  "  Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. " 

Romans 7:12 "  Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. " 

Exodus 16:27-28  " And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? " 

I could go on and on and on. The Bible is full of admonitions by God to  " turn ye from your evil ways and keep my commandments, and my statutes. "  

Sabbath Lesson June 22, 2013  or  Tammuz 14, 2013  by Ray Wegner

Today's Lesson - has to do with the flooding in the City of Calgary where I live, and the flooding in places like High River, Bragg Creek, Canmore, and S.E. British Columbia, but focusing on Calgary, Alberta

Flooding has been extensive in low lying areas particularly along river and stream banks and those who have chosen to build and live along or close to stream beds, and rivers. High River has been hit particularly hard, and there have been a few deaths due to the flooding. Downtown Calgary has been evacuated due to the flooding of the Bow River and the Elbow River. Most of the people have not been affected directly by the flooding, since they live on higher ground and do not live near streams or rivers. 

The spiritual problem I see very clearly is the lack of humility by too many Albertans in the face of this disaster. 

Instead of humility what I see is the continuance of this great overweening false pride here in Calgary, Alberta where I live.  You know this should be a time for people here to be humble, and recognize the power of God and the powers God has under His control through the forces of nature. However, there is a severe shortage of genuine humility in the one of, if not the most Proudest City of Canada - Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 

The right kind of pride is okay, and in harmony with God's ways and laws. We are worthy of self-respect. We are worthy of self-love, since God commands   " love our neighbour as ourselves " and so we are actually commanded to love ourselves. So there is nothing wrong with taking pride in what we successfully do and in our need for self-love. There is nothing wrong in taking pride in the positive, concrete, tangible, measurable, successful and productive works we do. 

The present self-esteem they teach in the schools of Alberta is totally wrong headed. So too many have been brainwashed into believing they are good enough  just the way they are, and need do nothing to be worthy of self-esteem. So the works are missing. The actual, concrete, measurable, works that make one worthy of self-esteem are dramatically missing. Folks - faith without works is dead. 

The spiritual problem I see is that too many Albertans and particularly too many Calgarians have a false pride, and a severe lack of genuine humility. They are proud of things that they have not done, and are not responsible for. Who put the oil and natural gas in the ground ? Did the people of Calgary do this ? Who gives us the good land and the rain for growing crops ? Did Calgarians do this ?  Who gives us strength to work, and gain wealth ?  Did Calgarians do this ? Who built this nation and who worked out the circumstances so we live in a democracy with so many basic human rights ? Did Calgarians do this ?  Look people - start to recognize God your Creator, and start giving Him some credit.  

Start to have a humble attitude, and God will bless you for it. Instead of humility all I see is this continuance of the great overbearing false pride here in Calgary. They are now bragging about their resilience, and their great community spirit. Government authorities are bragging about how they will rebuild. No mention about God and His power. Not a thought about putting away of sin. Just more false pride. 

What I see in Calgary, Alberta, Canada is too much sinning, and too little recognition of God's power and God's work. The spiritual sickness continues. 

They welcome foreigners, and every sort of illegal scum into their city, but treat their own born and raised law abiding citizens like garbage. They sent billions of dollars every year in transfer payments to the rest of Canada - particularly Quebec, while too many of their own people struggle and suffer financially. Yet they do nothing to address this injustice. They allow the sell out of their resources to foreigners particularly that of oil and natural gas, while their own pay through the nose for these same resources, and in the process their children are being cheated out of their inheritance.  They have an annual Gay Pride Parade - and care little that God considers Sodomy to be an abomination. They reward chronic and habitual liars like Stephen Harper with great power and authority. The homeless are treated like junk. So now God has paid you back, and shown many Calgarians what it feels like to be homeless, since around 75,000 Calgarians have been displaced due to the flooding. 

As for places like Canmore. You know foreigners are treated like Royalty, while born and raised Albertans are just junk. 

The spiritual sickness in Alberta continues. It is time for some humility folks. 

Sabbath Lesson June 29, 2013  or  Tammuz 21, 2013  by Ray Wegner

Today's Lesson - has to do with the importance of obeying God's Commandmends as explained in God's Book the Bible. 

The problem is that too many people have been brainwashed by the false churches and false doctrine that Christ nailed the Law to the cross, and now all we need do to gain salvation is believe in Jesus and love one another. 

Beware of false teachers, who turn the grace of God into license to sin.

Beware of Mystery Babylon and all her lies, false doctrines, blasphemies and fornication. 

Beware of  false teachers and false religions, which worship idols, and which don't believe Jesus is the only Way to salvation.

Beware of those who have abandoned the faith once delivered to the saints, and who have descended into heresy. Go to Heresy. 

It is extremely important we in the true Church of God work hard to obey God's Commandments, and stay away from all sin. Sin is the transgression of God's Law (1 John 3:45) as explained in the God's Book - the Bible.  God hates sin, since it hurts the sinner and the victims of sin. Christ had to die because of sin, so He takes sin seriously and works to purge out sin from the Church. 

Romans 6:23  "  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. " 

You can read this writers take on the list of sins and commands as explained in the Bible. 

Too many people just do not realize how seriously God considers sin to be - even the smallest of sins. Sin goes against God's will. Sin hurts ourselves and others. Sin - especially idolatry cuts us off from God, and so cuts us off from the only one who can save us, and give us salvation. 

Please go to my article on Sins and Commandments. 

Sabbath Lesson July 13, 2013  or  Ab 6, 2013  

Bible Prophecy

It is very easy to misinterpret Bible Prophecy, so it is very important to be careful and look at the context of the Prophecies, and don't jump to hasty conclusions. 

Much of the Bible consists of prophecy, and the majority of these predictions are still for the future as of 2013. 

All the various events that precede the return of Christ in these last days are still in the future. Like the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the coming of the Two Witnesses, and the setting up of the World Government by the Beast. There is way, way more. 

God also has a lot of things to say and prophecy in these Last Days about various nations like modern day Israel in Palestine, Egypt, and many more. It is very easy to get these prophecies wrong, so be very careful. 

Also be very cautious not to make practical, economic decisions on false assumptions  concerning prophecy. People can end up investing their life savings following false prophets, like in the recent case with Mr. Harold Camping. Over 100 million dollars was spent on advertising their false interpretation of scripture, where Camping was predicting the tribulation and rapture to happen sometime in October of 2011. It never happened of coarse and many spent their life savings. So now there are many very disappointed and disillusioned people. Also this now gives the unbelievers, and skeptics an opportunity to further mock God and the Bible. 

So when studying Bible Prophecy my advice is first and foremost to be careful, cautious, and make sure not to take the prophecy out of the Biblical context. Look at the prophecy from all angles, and have a basic grasp of history, and the history of Israel. Also look to competent well versed Biblical scholars, who have a good reputation of getting it right concerning prophecy, and who teach faithfully sound Biblical doctrine. How can you trust a Bible teacher that their interpretation of prophecy is sound, when they teach all kinds of lies and false doctrines ? 

Also remember that the Bible is complete the way it is. No so-called prophet has any authority to add their own doctrines to the scriptures, and then claim these teaching are from God. The foundation of God's true Church has been laid down already about 2000 years ago. The true Church of God is build upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles with Jesus Christ being the Cornerstone of the foundation. 

Ephesians 2:18-22  "  For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;  In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

If some Bible teacher comes claiming to be an end time Apostle - run from them, because they are false teachers, since we do not need anymore Apostles, since the Apostles are part of the foundation of the Church, and this was the 12 Apostles, plus the Apostle Paul. We do not need anymore Apostles. 

As for Prophets, again we do understand that there will be the coming of the Two Witnesses in these Last Days just prior to the return of Christ, and they will be Prophets and will prophecy. However, they will preach the gospel for 3 1/2 years during the time of the world government. So don't believe false claims by false prophets. 

Much of Bible Prophecy is hard to understand, and often we won't really be able to understand how it will be fulfilled until the predictions actually happen. There are all kinds of vain speculations by many so-called Biblical scholars. People can speculate and guess all they want, but God is the one who will keep His word in His own good time, and in His own way. We cannot dictate to God how He will fulfill His word. We cannot expect God to fulfill the scriptures the way we, or our own little group expects. We need to follow God. God won't follow us. 

Sabbath Lesson July 20, 2013  or  Ab 13, 2013